Multiple Classifier Languages
Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald · 2000
Abstract The same, or almost the same, set of morphemes can be used in more than one classifier environment. These morphemes may have different grammatical properties, or be more or less obligatory depending on what classifier environment they are in. We label them ‘multiple classifier’ systems. Noun categorization in multiple classifier languages is discussed in §9.1. In §9.2 the multiple classifier systems are compared with noun class agreement on different targets. In §9.3 we discuss some borderline cases.